A billion-dollar Disney live-action remake is now surging on streaming. Disney initially turned recognized for his or her traditional animated options corresponding to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Sleeping Magnificence. Nonetheless, lately, there have been plenty of Disney live-action remakes reimagining their animated classics.
Whereas early examples embody 1994’s The Jungle E-book and 1996’s 101 Dalmatians, the present increase didn’t actually kick off till the 2010 launch of Tim Burton’s billion-dollar hit Alice in Wonderland. Since then, many Disney classics have gotten the live-action therapy, together with The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Magnificence and the Beast, and extra.
Lilo & Sew Has Landed On A Main Streaming Chart
2025’s Lilo & Sew has grow to be an instantaneous streaming sensation. The film, which was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, is a live-action remake of the 2002 animated film of the identical title that follows orphaned Hawaiian lady Lilo (Maia Kealoha) bonding with a chaotic blue alien, Sew (Chris Sanders), after he crash-lands on her island.
Lilo & Sew was a smash hit in theaters, grossing $1.035 billion worldwide. Not solely is it Hollywood’s first and up to now solely billion-dollar hit of 2025 (the one different billion-dollar film thus far is China’s Ne Zha II), it’s Disney’s first billion-dollar live-action remake in six years, because the launch of The Lion King ($1.657 billion) in 2019.
On the each day High 10 chart of the most-watched motion pictures on Disney+ in the US, Lilo & Sew shot to No. 1 on September 5, lower than two full days after it first arrived on the platform on September 3 at 3:00 a.m. ET.
It has managed to high the chart regardless of competitors from different high-performing up to date titles together with Marvel’s Thunderbolts* (No. 2) and Captain America: Courageous New World (No. 5).
Moreover, Lilo & Sew hit No. 1 on the each day Disney+ chart in additional than 4 dozen different areas, together with Ecuador, Mexico, Norway, and Sweden. In some areas, corresponding to Australia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, and Italy, it hit No. 1 on September 4 and has maintained that place by means of September 5.
What This Means For Lilo & Sew
Sew with arms outstretched in Lilo & Sew
This streaming success is only a cherry on high for the live-action remake. The reported price range of Lilo & Sew is $100 million, which possible locations its estimated break-even level someplace round $250 million, a complete that it greater than quadrupled in theaters alone.
Nonetheless, it appears potential that the film could possibly be a long-term streaming hit for Disney as properly, if it might probably preserve its present momentum. This may push it towards even better profitability, greater than justifying the truth that the upcoming Lilo & Sew 2 is already in growth.
Lilo & Sew
7/10
Launch Date
Could 23, 2025
Runtime
108 minutes
Director
Dean Fleischer Camp
